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NUMMI: the plant that taught Detroit
Fremont, California
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
General Motors had closed this plant for absenteeism, sabotage and drinking on the line. Toyota reopened it with GM as a partner, rehired most of the same workers, and gave any of them the power to stop the line by pulling a cord. Quality went from the worst in GM to the best. Detroit sent people to study it for years and struggled to copy it.
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